The beautiful chapel within Green-Wood was designed in 1913 by Warren and Wetmore, the same firm that designed Grand Central Station. The chapel can be rented for small events. The monument was built by John Frazee and Robert Launitz. There is also a portrait statue of Charlotte, protected underneath the highly decorated niche, with 17 roses carved around her head – one to represent each year of her young life. The family used the monument design Charlotte was creating for her aunt and added additional things that Charlotte loved, such as parrots, books, musical instruments, and artists’ tools. Charlotte was thrown from the carriage and died later that evening. Charlotte was traveling home from her birthday party in stormy weather when her horses bolted. Charlotte was an artistic teenager and in the process of designing a monument for her recently deceased aunt when she passed away on her 17 th birthday. Next on our tour is the grave of the young Charlotte Canda. If you’d like to see a list of famous memorials in this cemetery, click here. That makes it difficult to choose a few to highlight. There are so many interesting headstones, sculptures, and stories in this cemetery. Through its serenity, cultivation of art, design, and history, Green-Wood Cemetery continues to leave a lasting impact on the living, in addition to memorializing the deceased.
Many of them are prominent figures in the history of New York. Clinton was a well-known and respected figure, and Green-Wood instantly became the most desirable burial place. Today, more than 570,000 people are buried at Green-Wood. The idea was slow to catch on at first.To attract attention the owners contacted the son of the late Senator Dewitt Clinton, and asked if his remains could be honorably reinterred at Green-Wood and his son agreed. Churchyards were running out of space for burials, and by moving the cemetery outside of town, they could provide vast space for additional graves. Green-Wood was designed during a movement toward rural cemeteries.
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